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GENTRIFUGAL PLoUR BOLT. No. 309,716.` I Patented Dee. 23, 1884.

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CENTRIFUGAL FLOUF-BOLT- SPECIFCATION crzlitzg part of Letters Patent No. 309,716, dated December 23, 1884.

'Application tiled April 17, 1:84.

To a/ who/it it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGsT HEINE, of Silver Creek, in the county ot' Chautauqua and State o'l' New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in CentrifugalFlour-Bolts, of which the following isa specitication.V

This invention relates toan improvement in that class ot' iiour-bolts in which a rotating bolting-reel and rotating. beaters within the reel are employed. The object ot my inventionis to so construct the reel that the innerside ofthe bolting-su ri'ace shall bc as little obstructed as possible,

reel, and to provide simple and efficient means for keeping the meshes ot` the boltingcloth clear.

My invention consists ofthe improvements in the construction of the reel, which will be hereinafter fully explained, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a Vertical cross section ot' a bolting-reel provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a perspective view ofthe devices wherebythebolting-cloth is supported. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional elevation .ot' the saine parts. Fig. /lis a fragmentary longitudinal elevation ol" 4the device for clearing the meshes of the bolting-cloth. Fig. 5 is a crosssection, on an enlarged scale, ot' the clearing device.

Like letters of reference denote like parts in the several iigures.

A represents the stationary frame, and ci the inclosingcasing of the reel, attached' thereto. I3 represents the bolting-reel arranged in the easing a, and provided with wellknown devices whereby it is rotated-in the direction c represents the horizontal beater-shaft, arranged axiallyin the reel B; and C represents the beaters, secured to spiders c', mounted on the shat't c. rlhe shaft c and beaters C are rotated in the same direction as the reel I?, but at a greater speed, in the usual manner.

D represents one of the heads or end disksof the reel. All of these parts maybe ot' any ordinary and well-known construction.

E represents the longitudinal ribs, which No modei.)

are secured with their ends to the heads D at the end of the reel, near the periphery there of, in a well-known manner. .The ribs E are made inclined on their outer sides, so as to present their narrow edges to the materialescaping from the beaters, whereby the material, which is driven by the beaters against the ribs E, is deliected outwardly toward the bolting-cloth. At the same time the quantity of material which comes in contact with the ribs is greatly reduced by the tapering crosssection ofthe same, thereby reducing the disintegration ot' material by being thrown against the ribs.

The inner sides of the ribs E are arranged tangential to a circle drawn concentric with the axis ot' rotation of the beaters, so as not to deflect any of the material inwardly or away from the bolting-cloth.

F represents standards secured to the outer sides of the ribs E, and G are rings,which are secured to the outer ends of the standards F, to support the bolting-cloth H,which is stretched over the rings G. The latter are secured to the standards, and the standards to the ribs E by bolts t', which pass through these parts, as clearly represent-ed in Figs. 1 and 3. The standards F are provided with basepieees f, iitting against the outer inclined sides of the ribs, and having end tlanges, j", bearing` against the edges of the ribs, whereby the standards are iirmly supported on the ribs. The standards F support the rings G and boltingcloth H at such a distance from the outer sides of the ribs E that the space between the ribs and the bolting-cloth is not liable to'become obstrueted by accumulated material, thereby retaining the entire inner side of thebolting-surface in a free and unobstructed condition.

L' represents the rot-ating clearershaft, arranged within the casing a, outside ot' the reel and parallel therewith.

U represents light balls,attached to the shaft k by strings, straps, or tiexible connections m, of such length that the balls will iinpinge against thebolting-cloth in rotating with the shaft 7c and jar the cloth with sufficient forceto dislodge any material which may adhere to the same. The balls Z are preferably made of rubber and hollow, and attached to the strings m byswiv- IOO eling-eonnectio'ns N. The latter are eom posed of balls n, adapted to be passed through openings in the rubber balls l and Wire eyes n', to the stems of which the balls a are secured, as represented in Fig. 5. The rubber balls are free to turn on the stems oi' the wire eyes a. The rotation of the shaft'k causes the balls to impinge against the bolting-eloth and to rebound therefrom immediately after the blow is delivered, whereby the cloth is subjected to a succession of light blows, which jarthe cloth and dislodge the material from t-he meshes without wiping the eloth, which would tend to further rub the material into the meshes of the cloth and Wear the latter rapidly. I am aware that a revolving shaft provided with beater-cords is not new, and that a stationary shaft provided with flexibly-connected balls and combined witha polygonal reel is not new, and I do not claim either of these constructions.

I claim as my inventionl. vIn a bolting-reel, the combination, with beaters re volving Within the reel, of longitudinal ribs E, constructed with inclined outer sides, which deflect the material .discharged by the beaters toward the bolting-cloth, and inner tangential `sides, Which do not deflect the material, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bolting-reel, the combination, with beaters revolving Within the reel, of longitudi` nal ribs E, made tapering in cross-section, and arranged to present their narrow edge to the material which is discharged by the beaters, substantially as set forth.

3. rlhe combination, with a revolving bolting-reel7 of a rotating clearer-shaft, k, provided vvith balls Z, attached to the shaft by {iexible connections, substantially as set forth.

et. The eombination,\vith the rotating elearer-shaft k, of hollow balls l, strings or straps m., secured tothe shaft, and swivelin g connections N, whereby the balls are attached to the strings or straps, substantially as set forth.

fitness my hand this 11th day of April,

Y AUG. IAIEINE. XVitnesses:

J. D. Mnnnrr'r, SHERMAN NEWTON. 

